Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Surrey (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Surrey. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Cemeteries Near Surrey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Surrey.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Surrey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Surrey, with the one closest to Surrey listed first.
- Caledonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caledonia Cemetery
- The Caledonia Cemetery has also been known as:
- Caledonia Presbyterian Cemetery
- Caledonia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177266 <1>
- Flat River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat River Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Flat River Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Valleyfield United Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Enman Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orwell Head Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wood Islands Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orwell Corner United Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Polly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wood Islands Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Church of Scotland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Andrew's United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Valley Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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- Vernon River United Church Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little Sands Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Surrey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Surrey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Surrey:
- Websites specific to Prince Edward Island
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Prince Edward Island
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |